Month: August 2021

The 9 Best PEO Companies – 2021 Review – (Best & Worst)

Sometimes, it’s not enough to simply outsource your payroll or find software that will help you manage HR tasks.

That’s where PEO (professional employer organization) service providers come in.

These companies handle a lot of routine company tasks, taking them off you and your team’s plate. PEO providers take care of things like running payroll, managing benefits, filling paperwork, and other HR or HR-adjacent elements.

Any business that needs some help in these departments and finds a good PEO service provider will reap the benefits of lots of saved time and money.

Whether you’re interested in hiring a PEO service for the first time or looking to switch providers, we’ve reviewed the top PEO options out there. We also have some tools below to help you to help you find the best option in your location.

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9 Best PEO Service Providers

There are countless PEO services available on the market today. Some PEO services are industry-specific, while others are intended for businesses of a certain size.

Finding the best PEO provider for your business can be challenging if you don’t have any guidance.

I want to help. That’s why I’ve broken down the nine best PEO service providers. Read about them below. I’ll cover the features, benefits, costs, as well as any drawbacks.

  1. CoAdvantage
  2. Amplify PEO
  3. ADP TotalSource
  4. Insperity
  5. Paychex
  6. Justworks
  7. Oasis Outsourcing
  8. VensureHR
  9. TriNet
  10. Infiniti HR

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The Most Important Skill for Success

What do all successful people have in common, regardless of occupation or location?

     Intentionality.

In my book, The Intention Imperative, I define intentionality as being crystal clear on what you want to achieve and taking the right action every day to achieve it.

But is there one skill more important than all others for achieving and sustaining success? I believe there is.

It drives intentionality. 

If intentionality is the engine, then this skill is the fuel.

You might guess the most important skill is learning, and in a way, you’d be right. 

Learning is essential. It keeps you growing and improving and makes life richer and more interesting.

But there is something even more important:

     Knowing how to learn.

Emerson said every artist was at first an amateur. The problem is that many of us got stuck at the amateur level of learning. We’ve in general not been taught how to learn. We picked up some skills almost accidentally, or out of necessity. We were exposed to the process during our formal education, but few were taught how to learn. We learned enough to pass or excel in a class, but not how to keep learning after the class was over or the best way to learn quickly and retain the lessons.

I encourage you to learn how to learn better, to increase your learning bandwidth.

By studying the best philosophies and skills for learning, you can leverage your current success and keep ascending with the new insights and ideas improved learning will produce.

Here are some keys to learning how to learn:

Learning doesn’t happen accidentally. Abigail Adams said, “Learning is not attained by chance. It must be sought for with ardor and attended with diligence.” In my book, The Potential Principle, I write “The only thing that gets better accidentally with time is wine. The rest of us have to be intentional.” You must act on your desire to learn, take advantage of the best resources and have a plan for ongoing intellectual improvement. Make learning a daily activity by scheduling time for intentional learning (What do I want to learn?) and for reflection (What new insights did I learn today?).

Learn from those who know. I’ve noticed an increase in the number of books that explain how to learn. This is terrific for two reasons. First, few have taken time to study the process of learning and how to do it well. Second, much of what was believed to be true of the learning process has been updated and improved, if not discarded. Here is a starter list of some great books on learning (not sure I’d agree that these are “the very best” but agree this is an excellent list): Books on Learning.

And here’s another resource I really enjoy: The Learn Letter by Eva Keiffenheim. She discusses learning strategies and offers useful websites and other sources.

Think “who” before “how.” I’ve wasted much time in my life…

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The Instant Sign Of A Cheating Partner

A warning signal that someone is a higher risk for cheating on their partner.

A man with a deeper voice and a woman with a higher voice are more likely to cheat on their partner, research finds.

Voice pitch is linked to levels of the sex hormones testosterone and oestrogen.

People naturally find men with deeper voices and women with higher voices more attractive.

However, they also seem to be naturally aware that they could be markers of trouble down the line.

Dr Jillian O’Connor, the study’s first author, said:

“In terms of sexual strategy, we found that men and women will use voice pitch as a warning sign of future betrayal.

So the more attractive the voice — a higher pitch for women and lower pitch for men — the more likely the chances he or she will cheat.”

In the study people listened to recordings of male and female voices that were manipulated to be higher and lower in pitch.

They were asked which one was most likely to cheat on their partner.

Both men and women thought that lowered male voices and raised women’s voices suggested the person would be more likely to cheat.

Dr O’Connor said:

“Infidelity is costly with the emotional impact, financial costs and potential loss of the family unit.

But this suggests that through the evolutionary process, we have learned ways to avoid partners who may be unfaithful as a protection mechanism.”

Dr David Feinberg, study co-author, said:

“The reason voice pitch influences perceptions of cheating is likely due to the relationship between pitch, hormones and infidelity.

Men with higher testosterone levels have lower pitched voices, and women with higher estrogen levels have higher pitched voices.

High levels of these hormones are associated with adulterous behaviour and our findings indicate individuals are somewhat aware of the link and may use this in their search for a romantic partner.”

The study was published in the journal Evolutionary Psychology (O’Connor et al., 2011).

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